Guidance Software Inc. (GUID) was one of the Russell 2000's biggest losers for Monday January 04 as the stock slid 5.15% to $5.71, a loss of $-0.31 per share. Starting at an opening price of $5.85 a share, the stock traded between $5.68 and $5.89 over the course of the trading day. Volume was 39,793 shares over 349 trades, against an average daily volume of 87,760 shares and a total float of 30.61 million.

The losses send Guidance Software Inc. down to a market cap of $174.8 million. In the last year, Guidance Software Inc. has traded between $10.22 and $4.70, and its 50-day SMA is currently $5.81 and 200-day SMA is $6.91.

Guidance Software Inc is a provider of digital investigative solutions. Its EnCase platform provides an investigative infrastructure to defend their organization's data assets.

Guidance Software Inc. is based out of Pasadena, CA and has some 400 employees. Its CEO is Patrick Dennis.

The Russell 2000 is one of the leading indices tracking small-cap companies in the United States. It's maintained by Russell Investments, an industry leader in creating and maintaining indices, and consists of the smallest 2000 stocks from the broader Russell 3000 index.

Russell's indices differ from traditional indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or S&P 500, whose members are selected by committee, because they base membership entirely on an objective, rules based methodology. The 3,000 largest companies by market cap make up the Russell 3000, with the 2,000 smaller companies making up the Russell 2000. It's a simple approach that gives a broad, unbiased look at the small-cap market as a whole.

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